Snap-hook



(No Model.)

R. A. BREUL.

SNAP HOOK.

No. 518,485. Patented Apr. 17, 1894.

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#62. diff/r7266 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD A. BREUL, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

SNAP-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 518,485, dated April 1'7, 1894.

Application filed August 25, 1893.

To 00% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD A. BREUL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSnap-Hooks; andI do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear,and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which itappertains to make and use the same,referencebeinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specifica' tion, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved snap-hook. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sideview of the hook, with the spring and checks or clamping-nuts removed.Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view through the complete device; andFig. 5 is a cross section on line 0c-x in Fig. 2.

Like letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

This invention relates to snap-hooks, and my improvement consists in thenovel combination with the rigid hook of a leaf-spring and the devicesfor securing the same to the rigid hook body, whereby, at small expense,I produce a hook possessing superior strength, and which may be easilyapplied to or detached from the chain-link or loop with which it is tobe used; substantially as will be hereinafter more fully described andclaimed.

On the accompanying drawings, the letter A denotes the body or main partof the hook, which is preferably stamped out of sheetmetal, of properthickness, by means of dies of suitable construction, so as to form afiat hook-shaped body of the configuration clearly illustrated in Fig.3. This body comprises a flat hook or, terminating in an enlargement 6,through which two holes, 0 and d, are punched or drilled; the last-namedof which, nearest the bottom of the hook, is for the permanentattachment of the chain or strap, C, to which the snap-hook is fastenedand of which it forms part. A slot or notch, b, is cut or sawedobliquely into the head or enlargement e for the insertion of a flatleaf-spring B, of steel Serial No. 43 1030- (No model.)

or other metal, properly tempered. The free end of this spring bearsagainst the inner side of the hook at, and its lower end, where it isinserted into theslot b, is-held firmly in place in said slots by meansof the lateral pressure of two circular cheeks or nuts, D and D,fastened together on opposite sides of the fiat hook body by means of arivet E, inserted through the aperture 0. The width of the spring B isslightly in excess of the width or thickness of the flat head orenlargement e, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the cheeks D D will bind orpress firmly against the edges of the spring where this is inserted intothe slot, and thus hold it firmly and rigidly in place. At the sametime, the spring can easily be removed and a new one inserted into theslot, simply. by removing the rivet and one of the cheeks or nuts, D orD.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings,it will be seen that this snap-hook is exceedingly simple inconstruction, so that it will not readily break or get out of order. Thefree end of the spring B overlaps the bent end or lip of the hook a, onthe inside a sufficient distance to form a firm bearing against thesame, so as to elfectnally close the hook after the insertion of thelink or loop with which itis to engage or interlock.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- In a snap hook, the combinationwith the hook A a, provided with an aperture 0, and a slot b, of thespring B, one end of which is inserted in said slot, the cheeks or nutsD, D, and the rivet E, passing through said cheeks or nuts and theaperture 0, and clamping and holding said spring in the slot,substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD A. BREUL.

Witnesses:

S. LOEWITH, L. DORMITZER.

